DORIS, Axens, AWT International, SeaQuester and Surbana Jurong announce the CCS Hub Alliance decarbonisation solution for hard-to-abate CO2 emitters

Members of the CCS Hub Alliance after signing the strategic MOU

(From left to right) Antony Loane (DORIS, Business Development Manager – APAC), Dr Olivier Ducreux (AXENS, Associate Director of Dehydration & Purification), Benoit Lamoureux (DORIS, Managing Director – APAC), Sebastien Boucher (AXENS, Vice President Commercial Gas Equipment & Modules), Cliff Chuah (SURBANA JURONG INFRASTRUCTURE, Deputy Director), Guillaume Parer (AXENS, Project & Business Management Officer of Low Carbon Solutions & Gas Product Line)

DORIS, Axens, AWT International, Sea-Quester Offshore and Surbana Jurong Infrastructure announce the formation of the CCS Hub Alliance, a partnership dedicated to delivering cost-effective and risk-reduced decarbonisation solutions to hard-to-abate CO2 emitters. 

With the timetable for penalties on hard-to-abate CO2 emitters being mandated in an increasing number of countries, the Alliance has been formed to provide reliable and economically viable decarbonisation options.

One such decarbonisation solution developed by the Alliance is the innovative CCS Hub Concept, representing a complete carbon capture and disposal supply chain:

• Onshore post-combustion CO2 capture and conditioning from hard-to-abate emitters
• Onshore CO2 transportation to port storage, export terminal and offloading facilities 
• Marine CO2 storage and transport providing a floating pipeline concept to access a greater range of disposal options
• CO2 injection into sub-surface reservoirs with capability to screen offshore and onshore disposal options and assess re-purposing of existing production infrastructure
   

The CCS Hub Concept can be re-scaled and optimised to suit any project in any region, allowing the fast-track delivery of conceptual engineering, infrastructure costs and development plans to support clients’ decarbonisation strategies.  

The CCS Hub Concept solution is made possible by the partners’ extensive energy industry expertise and technology solutions across the entire CCS supply chain:

• DORIS, which leads the Alliance, is responsible for overall system integration and onshore CO2 transport, storage, and export facilities. With 60 years of experience in the energy industry, DORIS’ renowned gas process engineering capabilities and CO2 modelling expertise enables the company to design highly efficient and safe CCS facilities.
• Axens, a French licensor and technology provider, is responsible in the Alliance for CO2 capture and conditioning, and will support the Alliance with its breakthrough DMX™ technology using a demixing solvent. This solution will contribute to optimizing the CO2 extraction value chain and reducing its energy intensity. 
• Sea-Quester Offshore is responsible in the Alliance for floating storage and injection via its Carbon Harvester / PivotreeTM system. Their “floating pipeline” concept is in the final stages of approval and will facilitate an efficient, low-cost, high-volume sequestration alternative, capable of deployment within 18 months of FID.
• AWT International is responsible in the Alliance for CO2 sequestration reservoir analysis and injection well design. AWT has been delivering subsurface and well engineering studies / drilling project management services and contracting solutions to the energy industry for over 27 years.
• Surbana Jurong Infrastructure, an infrastructure design consultant, is responsible for designing the onshore infrastructure to support the agglomeration and transport of the CO2 from emitters in industrial zones to bunkering and terminal facilities port-side ahead of export to disposal sites. 

Antony Loane, DORIS’ Business Development Manager for Asia-Pacific, commented, “The CCS Hub Alliance strongly benefits from its capability to cover the entire CCS supply chain from the emissions source to the point of disposal; this expertise enables us to deliver fully integrated and optimised infrastructure for our clients.

“We have observed that current CCS technologies are not economical at the large scale needed for regions such as southeast Asia, and this has inspired the CCS Hub Alliance to innovate and develop a cost-effective, reduced-risk decarbonisation system suitable for heavy emitters, with a technology development timeline set for 2030 CO2 disposal date”.

About DORIS

DORIS is a leader in the provision of engineering, advisory, and project management services to the energy industry. DORIS has almost 60 years of experience supporting clients around the globe and is committed to making conventional energies cleaner and renewable and new energies possible. We enable change through the delivery of reliable, environmentally integral, and innovative projects.

We support the oil and gas and LNG industries by improving carbon footprints, reducing costs, optimising performance, and improving safety. Across our decades of experience, we have achieved over 100 world firsts. We repurpose our experience across conventional and renewable energies to support new energy industries such as hydrogen, carbon capture and biogas. We are committed to developing a low-cost hydrogen industry, de-risking the CCUS value chain, and meeting the international demand for biogas.

For further information, please visit: www.dorisgroup.com 

About Axens

Axens, an IFP Group company, provides a complete range of solutions for the conversion of oil, biomass and CO2 to cleaner fuels, the production and purification of major petrochemical intermediates, the chemical recycling of plastics and all natural gas treatment and conversion options. Axens is also specialized in carbon capture with its technologies including DMX™ as well as CO2 utilization with e-fuels technologies
The offer includes technologies, equipment, furnaces, modular units, catalysts, adsorbents and related services.  Axens global offer is based on highly trained human resources, modern production facilities and an extended global network for industrial, technical supports & commercial services. 

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Press contact: press@axens.net

About AWT International

Founded in 1996, AWT International developed its reputation from working with over 500 clients ranging from oil and gas operators, service companies, oil and gas investors, financial institutions and universities. With a technical expertise that covers geoscience, subsurface engineering, well construction, completions, well testing, petroleum engineering & energy transition planning.
AWT is one of the few consulting groups with significant experience in CO2 storage studies and has a long history in Australia and SE Asia Basin oil, gas and coal seam gas exploration. It brings an “industry approach” to the exploration of gas storage sites.
AWT has provided Gas Storage Potential studies for Ranhill Worley Parsons, Petronas, BP Alternative Energy (BPAE), INPEX, Woodside, Stanwell Corporation, Shell (ZeroGen), Hydrogen Energy, Sasol and Department of Victoria (DPIVic) and Queensland (DNRM).

For further information, please visit: www.awtinternational.com

About Sea-Quester Offshore Pty Ltd

Founded in 2022, Sea-Quester offers scalable offshore CO2 sequestration services for energy and heavy industry. It’s for those who want to reduce their emissions in line with corporate and regulatory targets and desire immediate action as we collectively transition to new energy sources. Sea-Quester is the only company in the world offering fast, low-cost, open access, offshore permanent disposal of industrial levels of CO2.

For further information, please visit our website www.sea-quester.com.au or view our explanatory video.

About Surbana Jurong Pte Ltd

Surbana Jurong Group is a diverse collective of problem solvers for the built environment, continually reimagining ways to create a smart and sustainable future.
Headquartered in Singapore, the group has a global talent pool of 16,000 in Surbana Jurong and its member companies AETOS, Atelier Ten, B+H, CHIL, KTP, Prostruct, Robert Bird Group, SAA and SMEC, based in more than 120 offices in over 40 countries. They include architects, designers, planners, engineers, facilities managers and other specialists driven by progressive thinking and creative ideas to shape a better future.
Our technical experts deliver sustainable solutions that cover the entire project life cycle from planning and design, through to delivery and management. We also provide a full suite of multidisciplinary consultancy services across a diverse range of sectors including transportation, water, aviation, healthcare, hospitality, energy, CCUS and industrial decarbonisation.

The Group is #23 in Engineering News-Record’s 2023 Top 225 International Design Firms, #13 in World Architecture 100 2023, and Asia Pacific FM Technology Provider of the Year 2022, awarded by International Facility Management Association.

For more information, please visit www.surbanajurong.com
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